How to Become a Donor Development Officer

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Considering a career as a Donor Development Officer?

As a donor development officer, you'll identify, engage and cultivate current and prospective donors to help expand the financial support for your charity. Ultimately, donor development officers keep current donors engaged and help find new prospective donors to give to their cause. You'll be responsible for creating a growth strategy, ensuring fundraising targets are met and developing new, lucrative relationships. This is a mission-critical role because it ensures the organisation's donor portfolio is constantly filled with current and prospective philanthropists.

Where can a career as a Donor Development Officer take you?

Donor Development Officer £23,500 2 years

Major Donor Manager £35000 5 years

Head of Major Gifts £45,000 7 years

Are you the perfect candidate?

Skills and traits

You’re a ‘people person’, with incredibly strong communication skills & enjoy building long term relationships with others
You enjoy playing a key role in the development and execution of campaigns
You have a results-oriented mindset
Passionate about meaningful work

Qualifications and experience

Educated to degree level or equivalent
Experience in a fundraising setting where you have become accustomed to the processes and procedures
Track record of retention techniques that promote the organisation and keep them in the fore-front of potential donors' minds
Experience of creating and delivering a strategy that provides an excellent experience for donors.